The important question of the softening and purifying of hard water in bulk, has received a satisfactory solution in the Atkins process ... consisted in adding lime to the water ...

Only water treatment plants that use lime softening in their process have to deal with these residuals, Jacobsen noted. “In northern Illinois there are very few treatment plants like ours.

Dayton has one of only two city-owned and operated plants across the entire country that recycles lime used in the water-softening process. The upgrades will increase the city’s ability to ...